Growth
Sarku Japan against its category
The biggest tracked US Japanese & Korean chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Sarku Japan's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot | +13.8% |
| 2 | Benihana | -0.8% |
| 3 | Sarku Japan | -7.3% |
| 4 | Sakura | +0.1% |
| 5 | Kobe Japanese Steakhouse | -5.3% |
| 6 | Kura Revolving Sushi Bar | - |
| 7 | Bonchon Chicken | -6.6% |
| 8 | Sakura Japanese Steakhouse | -7.0% |
| 9 | Yamato Japanese Steakhouse | +6.7% |
| 10 | Teriyaki Madness | +14.3% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
182 tracked Sarku Japan locations across 34 US states. California, New Jersey, and Maryland hold 27% of them.
Tracked stores by state
- California 18
- New Jersey 17
- Maryland 15
- New York 15
- Texas 15
- Florida 14
- Virginia 10
- Georgia 9
- Illinois 7
- North Carolina 7
- Massachusetts 5
- Ohio 5
- South Carolina 4
- Washington 4
- Arizona 3
- Indiana 3
- Missouri 3
- Pennsylvania 3
- Tennessee 3
- Wisconsin 3
- Colorado 2
- Connecticut 2
- Kentucky 2
- New Hampshire 2
- Oregon 2
- Delaware 1
- Iowa 1
- Kansas 1
- Maine 1
- Michigan 1
- Nebraska 1
- Nevada 1
- Oklahoma 1
- West Virginia 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at Sarku Japan
Tracked chains Sarku Japan customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.
Ft Campbell
100
Ft Sam Houston
64
AAFES
64
Fort Campbell Commissary
57
McChord AFB
33
AAFES Shoppette
26
Nellis Commissary
23
Defense Commissary Agency
23
Nellis Main Exchange
19
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